Who should've won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize?

[Truth.ie]

And Why obviously.
Your choice may not have even been on the shortlist.
I personally think the Obama choice was ridiculous and premature, but thats not the thread topic, kappish?
I will ponder some more before giving my choice.

[Thranduil]

May i suggest two minimum criteria?

1. They are not engaged in starting a war or continuing/prolonging one or have a history of such.
2. They did something for the cause of ending conflict (peace).

[Balatro]

“Despite its praise for Obama’s ‘vision’ and for having ‘captured the world’s attention and given its people hope for a better future,” the Nobel committee did not choose Obama based on illusions in his campaign rhetoric.

The Nobel Peace Prize is, and always has been, a political award given with the aim of promoting definite policies.” - Bill Van Auken

The Nobel War Prize

[Ah Well]

And Why obviously.
Your choice may not have even been on the shortlist.
I personally think the Obama choice was ridiculous and premature, but thats not the thread topic, kappish?
I will ponder some more before giving my choice.

Here's my choice => Greg Mortenson

And more re him => Greg Mortenson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

He's American like Obama and was nominated for the Nobel Prize in 2009 like Obama

The better man lost imho (Mortenson was reputed to have been in the handful of finalists before Obama secured it)

[the_beat]

Skunk Mc Weed

[Aristodemus]

Who cares? The Nobel Committee lost all credibility when Henry kissinger won

[Lazarus]

If he had not already received one in1989 I think, the only person worthy of the Nobel
Peace Prize in my opinion would be the Dalai Lama.

i can think of no one else apart from my hero Noam Chomsky

[Aristodemus]

If he had not already received one in1989 I think, the only person worthy of the Nobel
Peace Prize in my opinion would be the Dalai Lama.

i can think of no one else apart from my hero Noam Chomsky

He supported the Serbs didnt he?

[Drico]

Who cares? The Nobel Committee lost all credibility when Henry kissinger won

No it did not.

Kissinger's work as peacemaker in the Middle East was more deserving than his work in Vietnam however and I am unconvinced as to what would have happened without Watergate and the ensuing War Powers Acts which prevented any US intervention in South Vietnam when it was invaded by the North. Kissinger is possibly the greatest statesman in modern history and certainly the most brilliant US Sec. of State since WWII.

Personally I think, offhand, that Morgan Tsangviri may have been a good choice. He did much to quell what could have become a nasty situation in Zimbabwe and truly showed that he put the people of his country before himself.

[Panopticon]

Sentimentally, I would say Morgan Tsvangirai, to encourage his continued engagement in Zimbabwean power-sharing. But in truth, you couldn't give Tsvangirai the prize without giving it to Mugabe also (for agreeing to share power), and that would be a farce.

There are surely deserving recipients whose names I don't know in the Afghan or Iranian human rights campaigns.